Christine Boutin
Christine Boutin | |
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Minister of Housing and Urban Development | |
In office 18 May 2007 – 23 June 2009 | |
President | Nicolas Sarkozy |
Prime Minister | François Fillon |
Preceded by | Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet |
Succeeded by | Jean-Louis Borloo |
Member of the National Assembly for Yvelines | |
In office 2 April 1986 – 19 July 2007 | |
Succeeded by | Jean-Frédéric Poisson |
Personal details | |
Born | Christine Martin 6 February 1944 Christian Democratic Party (till 2022) |
Spouse |
Louis Boutin (m. 1967) |
Children | 3 |
Christine Boutin (French pronunciation:
Boutin was the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (Parti Chrétien-démocrate), a
In a judgement dated 18 December 2015 the correctional court of Paris condemned Boutin to a fine of €5000 and €2000 for legal damages for having said that homosexuality was an abomination. The verdict is being appealed.[2]
She announced on 21 October 2017 that she was leaving politics, resigning as departmental councillor for Yvelines.[3]
Biography
Boutin was born in Levroux, Indre. She married her cousin Louis Boutin in 1967 with whom she had three children (the contradiction between her strong advocacy of Catholic dogmas and marrying one's first cousin remaining strictly forbidden by canon law is often pointed out[4]). She entered politics in 1977 as a city council member of the village of Auffargis. In 1980 she was elected its mayor. Boutin was elected to the National Assembly in 1986.
In 1993, Boutin founded the
In 2002, Boutin who had been a member of the
In 2006, Boutin supported the "global license" flat-fee authorization for sharing of copyrighted files over the Internet in a heated parliamentary debate on the DADVSI law.[8] She also has been an advocate for a guaranteed minimum income,[9] as well as expanded housing rights (Droit au logement).[10] She has considered the situation of prisons in France to be a scandal and has argued for a drastic reduction of inmates as well as improving their life-conditions.[citation needed]
In December 2006, Boutin announced that she would not be a candidate for the 2007 French Presidential election and pledged her support for the Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy.[11]
On 18 May 2007, after Sarkozy's victory in the presidential election, Boutin was named Minister of Housing and the City in the government of Prime Minister
Boutin has a liberal view on condom use in Africa to prevent AIDS, saying that contraceptives were necessary, appearing to contradict an earlier view by Pope Benedict XVI. She has however been critical of contraception outside of the AIDS context in Africa.[14] In October 2012, Christine Boutin stated that she remained strongly opposed to same-sex marriage, claiming that it would lead to polygamy. Around the same time, it was also revealed that she received €800,000 from the UMP before deciding not to run for the forthcoming presidential election against its candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy.[15] On a tweet of 14 May 2013 she derided Angelina Jolie's cancer prevention treatment as a sex reassignment procedure;[16] her tweet was widely criticized, but she has not apologized.
In 2014, Christine Boutin launched the "Force Vie" list for the 2014 European elections,[17] and failed to secure the 3% of votes required for reimbursement of campaign expenses in any constituency.[18]
In the second round of the 2017 French presidential election, she supported Marine Le Pen.[19]
In 2022, Boutin announced that she was supporting Éric Zemmour and had joined Reconquête.[20]
9/11
In a November 2006 interview, published in 2007, Boutin stated that George W. Bush might have been behind the September 11 attacks.[21][22] When asked if she believed that the Bush administration was behind the 9/11 attacks, Boutin replied:
I think that it's possible... I think it is possible. I think it more especially as I know that the sites that speak of this problem are the sites that have the greatest numbers of visits.... And so, I tell myself, I who am extremely sensitive ... to the new techniques of information and communication, that this expression of the mass of the people cannot be without any truth. I'm not telling you that I adhere to that position, but let's say that, nevertheless, I'm questioning myself a bit on this question.[23][24]
Political functions
Governmental function
Minister of Housing and Urban : 2007–2009.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
Member of the
General Council
President of the General Council of Yvelines (interim) : May–July 2009.
Vice-president of the General Council of Yvelines : 1994–2009 (Resignation). Reelected in 2001, 2008.
General councillor of Yvelines : 1982–2009 (Resignation). Reelected in 1988, 1994, 2001, 2008.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Auffargis : 1980–1983.
Deputy-mayor of Rambouillet : 1983–2001. Reelected in 1989, 1995.
Municipal councillor of Rambouillet : 1983–2001. Reelected in 1989, 1995.
See also
- 9/11 conspiracy theories
- Pro-life movement
References
- ^ Official results Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine from the Ministry of the Interior
- ^ "Homosexuality: Christine Boutin is condemned for incitation to hatred; is appealing". Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ "Christine Boutin quitte la politique après quarante ans de défense du conservatisme catholique". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ SOUTIEN A CHRISTINE BOUTIN, retrieved 20 October 2019
- ISBN 2-246-66601-5.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ RFI – France: présidentielle 2002 – Du 26 janvier au 1er février. Rfi.fr (26 January 2002). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ copyright law voted amid turmoil, Libération (1 July 2006) (in French)
- ^ Bill proposal for a minimal living income. assemblee-nationale.fr (25 March 2003) (in French)
- ^ Law proposition on housing right. assemblee-nationale.fr (28 September 2005) (in French)
- ^ France 2 news (2 December 2006).
- ^ Communiqué de la Présidence de la République concernant la composition du gouvernement de M. François FILLON, Premier ministre. Archived 20 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Élysée Palace, 18 May 2007.
- ^ L'Humanité, "COMMANDO-ANTI-IVG-LE-PROCUREUR COMMANDO ANTI-IVG: LE PROCUREUR DEMANDE 4 MOIS AVEC SURSIS". humanite.fr (4 September 1992) (in French) [dead link]
- ^ Le préservatif est "nécessaire" (Boutin). AFP via Lefigaro.fr (19 March 2009). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ Boutin : "Un lien entre le mariage homo et la polygamie" – Europe1.fr – L'interview de Bruce Toussaint. Europe1.fr (4 October 2012). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Le dérapage de Boutin sur l'ablation des seins d'Angelina Jolie". Le Monde. 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Boutin lance ses listes "Force vie" pour les européennes". Libération. Agence France-Presse. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (26 May 2014). "Européennes : Debout la République sourit, Force vie déprime". Le Figaro. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Quinault Maupoil, Tristan (24 April 2017). "Christine Boutin : "Contre Macron, je voterai Le Pen"". Le Figaro. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Christine Boutin: "J'ai une grande joie de pouvoir soutenir" Eric Zemmour".
- ^ Bush behind 9/11, says French politician, Northern Territory News (7 July 2007).
- ^ Christine Boutin et le 11 Septembre Archived 17 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Video of interview by Karl Zéro (in French)
- ^ « Je pense que c'est possible... je pense que c'est possible. Je le pense d'autant plus que je sais que les sites qui parlent de ce problème sont des sites qui ont les plus gros taux de visites. Et donc je me dis, moi qui suis très sensibilisée au problème des nouvelles techniques de l'information et de la communication, que cette expression de la masse et du peuple ne peut pas être sans aucune vérité. Donc je ne te dis pas que j'adhère à cette posture, mais disons que je m'interroge quand même un petit peu sur cette question. »
""Christine Boutin rattrapée par ses propos controversés sur le 11-Septembre". Le Monde (in French). 5 July 2007. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2007. - ^ Gomez, Edward M. (6 July 2007). "In France, a senior pol dares to question the 9/11 tale". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2007.